Nissan LMP1 Discussion

[Acid09]

Originally Posted by knighty

I'm sorry but Chilton is quite far away to what I would consider to being a valued driving opinion, he is average at best.......he only got to where he is due to the size of his fathers cheque book.......Bianchi blew him away in F1.....if Chilton had the slightest trace of talent he would have shone soon enough like other pay drivers did, such as Schumacher (mercedes paid for his Jordan seat), Alonso, Fisichella, Weber, Trulli, Wilson and others when driving for the likes of Jordan and Minardi as a pay-drivers, their talent soon shone through and allowed them to quickly transition to actually being paid and sought-after talented drivers within a year.

He drove a F1 car so he knows what driving a race car feels like..

Seriously, in how much denial does one need to be to still not see the writing on the wall? There was a reason Marc Gene pulled out of the effort before Le Mans, and it was exactly what Chilton describes.

Gene obviously realized this car is a POS and will be an embarrassment for everyone associated with it, so he distanced himself from it. Younger drivers like Chilton or the GT Academy guys couldn't afford to cut their ties with Nissan, so they played along.

[J Jay]

Originally Posted by Acid09

Seriously, in how much denial does one need to be to still not see the writing on the wall? There was a reason Marc Gene pulled out of the effort before Le Mans, and it was exactly what Chilton describes

I think knighty actually agrees with you about the LMP1, he's just disparaging Chilton's ability behind the wheel (and in front of his engineers).